Golden globes bob in mounds of clustered flowers from April through frost on this perpetually happy plant. Lantana New Gold boasts spring-green stems with small, hydrangea-like leaves and is one of those maverick plants that thrive in
full sun
and any other miserable condition you throw its way.
If you need hardiness, New Gold, with her
moderate
to
fast
growth rate and
salt tolerance
delivers.
Deer will avoid her,
she's just fine in
drought
(with an occasional drink), is eye candy for
butterflies
galore, and works beautifully on banks and
slopes
for
erosion control.
New Gold is splendid in flowerbeds, container gardens and as a large scale groundcover.
If you wish her to remain tidy and compact, she'll comply, but given space, she'll blanket the earth with a carpet of green foliage and sunny
yellow
blossoms.
Native to tropical regions of the Americas, this is a plant you just can't mess up and will find adaptable to just about any location provided you give her lots of sun.
Interesting Facts
Lantana berries are
edible
when ripe.
You'll know they are ripe when they turn a dark blue.
Unripe berries and leaves are toxic.
Lantana New Gold was the 1995 Georgia Gold Medal Plant.